Improvement in holdbacks for carriages



E. WILSON.

Hold-Back;

Patented Nov 6, 1866.

' Invert/fir,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD WILSON, OF NORTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOLDBACKS FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,494, dated November6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILsoN, of Northbridge, in the county ofWorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Holdbacks for (Jarriages; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in such combination of parts andform of construction that it may be easily adjusted to the thill orshaft, and shall retain the strap from accidental displacement, and yetallow the strap to be easily removed when occasion requires.

In said drawings, Figure l is a side View, showing the holdback andapart of the shaft.

- Fig. 2 is an end View with a section of the shaft at I.

The same letters indicate the same parts in each.

G is the shaft; A, the loop or clasp, clasping round G, as shown in Fig.2, where I is a section of G. L is the hook for the strap,

with a brace, F, and a knob or catch, B, in front below the opening, toprevent the sag of the strap from accidentally unfastening it, the loweredge of the strap being retained in place by B. The under or oppositeside of the clasp A is cut open, and the lips D are made as shown inFig. 2, through which the screw 0 passes, or its equivalent, to claspthe Whole tightly to the shaft. Small points may be made on the inside,and a screw inserted at F, if deemed best.

The operation is deemed sufficiently described in the above.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The clasp A, when adjustable, in combination with the hook L and knob B,when constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes aboveset forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD WILSON.

Witnesses:

PAUL WING, HENRY I. WILsoN.

